My name is Sarah Fathallah (pronounced sārah fatḥ allāh), otherwise known as سارة فتح الله or ⵙⴰⵔⴰ ⴼⵜⵃⴰⵍⵍⴰⵃ. 

I am a designer, researcher, and educator, who specializes in applying participatory and trauma-responsive design approaches to the social sector. I have worked in over 30 countries, on projects working to advance issues such as reproductive justice, labor rights, and housing justice. I also serve as design faculty at the California College of the Arts and UC Berkeley.

I graduated from Sciences Po Paris, where I majored in International Business and Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Affairs, and studied Design Innovation at the d.school Paris. Over a decade later, I am back to being a student, this time at the University of Cambridge where I am researching AI Ethics and Society.

Outside of my paid work, my engagement in community organizing, mutual aid, and political education continue to challenge and inform my work and praxis. Born and raised in Morocco, I now live in Oakland, California, which sits in the territory of xučyun (Huchiun) that I acknowledge is part of the unceded land of the Lisjan Ohlone people.